Instead of the smart city, perhaps we should be more preoccupied with smart citizens. The smart city vision tends to focus on infrastructure, buildings, vehicles, looking for a client amidst the city governments that procure or plan such things.

But the city is something else.

The city is its people.

Dan Hill – Essay: On the smart city; Or, a ‘manifesto’ for smart citizens instead

Classic Dan Hill, a solid critique of the “Smart City” as it’s currently practised. I love his writing ever since “The Street As A Platform” moved my thinking beyond screens and the “web”, and this piece continues the line of critical thought that so often is lacking in the general discourse around future and present technologies.